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Category Archives: Middle Fork Willamette River fishing
Summertime small stream fly fishing wrapping up
Don’t get me wrong, I’m eager for October Caddis hatches, coastal salmon in our rivers, and football on TV. But it’s great to get a last blast of summer. Nate and I hiked a few miles of an Upper Willamette … Continue reading
McKenzie River Fly Fishing Report
Fall is definitely is the air. Even when high temperatures reach towards 90 degrees this week, it’s only for a hour out of what is perfect early fall weather. The only problem is it doesn’t last for 6 months! The … Continue reading
Fly fishing opportunities remain strong around Eugene area
The Middle Fork of the Willamette near Oakridge is fishing surprisingly well despite low water and high sun conditions. Today would have been fantastic with the clouds, tomorrow as well. Try hopper dropper set ups fishing the fast water and … Continue reading
Dry fly action on Middle Fork Willamette after dinnertime
We waded the Middle Fork Willamette this evening, picking up plenty of wild trout on nymphs early with dry fly action later — after 7pm. Megaprince was the hot nymph for the day, scoring some nice fish for Matt Siegmund. … Continue reading
Middle Fork Willamette Marathon
This past Saturday, I fished with Senator Merkely’s Central Oregon point man on the Middle Fork Willamette. You might imagine that I was in his ear all day about Trout Unlimited’s conservation agenda–but you’d be wrong. Johnny is one of … Continue reading
Middle Fork Willamette Report: Daytime, slow and low. Evening fishing, white hot
Thursday, I floated the Middle Fork of the Willamette from Oakridge to Black Canyon . . . ok, floated might be a bit generous. I banged and dragged my way down the river with a couple gentlemen who had purchased … Continue reading
Big bugs all over the Upper Middle Fork: Caddis, Drakes and Stones
Headed up to fish the Upper Middle Fork Willamette on foot yesterday afternoon and found lots of willing, wild trout. What I didn’t expect to find was a bunch of McKenzie Green Caddis. Anybody else seen them up there this … Continue reading
Middle Fork Willamette Report: Fish Gods Dispense Mercy
Father’s Day, 2009 Fresh off my skunking on the Metolius I decided to wipe that day off the books by floating the Middle Fork Willamette from Oakridge to Black Canyon. Expectations already running high were stoked even higher when I … Continue reading
Middle Fork of the Willamette high but fishing well
This Tuesday we fished a short section of the Middle fork of the Willamette near Oakridge while filming for Cityscenetv.com. Fishing was tough early, deep nymphing tactics yielded very little results. Around 12 noon things picked up considerably, Brown Caddis, McKenzie … Continue reading
Middle Fork Willamette Report
While the upper Mckenzie was heating up, the Middle Fork Willamette between Oakridge and Black Canyon was staying cold. That was the likely culprit, cold water. I’d have confirmed that but my William and Joseph Boat thermometer read 15.6 C … Continue reading
McKenzie and Willamette continue to fish well
Calm overcast conditions had the lower McKenzie and Middle Fork of the Willamette fishing well the past few days. The McKenzie is still running a bit high but still at a very nice level. The lower river is maintaining the … Continue reading
Lower McKenzie experiencing massive caddis hatch
Air temperatures are fore-casted to be near 80 degrees the next couple of days. McKenzie fish have focused more on the adult caddisflies and less on March Browns of late. Water levels have dropped considerably and anglers have been having a … Continue reading
March Brown hatch sputters amidst cold weather and inconsistent flows
This week has been a bit tough on local anglers seeking the March Brown hatch. Tuesday I sat on a riffle in the lower McKenzie for 3 hours in hopes of a hatch that I had seen in the same … Continue reading
Middle Fork Willamette Picking up
Most of the fishing has been focused on the Lower McKenzie, but the Middle Fork of the Willamette has been heating up as well. Great mid-day hatches of both BWOs and March Browns have put the larger natives on the feed. March Brown wet … Continue reading
March Brown hatch set to blow up next week with warmer temperatures. What flies should you have in your box?
Both the McKenzie and the Willamette drainage’s are in fine shape. We’ve had mixed reports the past couple of days. Some anglers doing well nymphing and swinging March Brown Wets. Others seeing adult March Browns and fish up, devouring them. … Continue reading